Combined hay rake and tedder.



L. M. JONES.

COMBINED HAY RAKE AND TEDDEB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1908. I 928,457 Patented July 20, 1909.

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L. M. JONES. GOMBINBD HAY RA KB AND TEDDER. APPLIOATIOK IILED NOV. 27, 1908. 92 ,457, Patented July 20, 1909.

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LYMAN. MELVIN. JONES, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO;

CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO MASSEY-HARRIS,

COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO CANADA.

COMBINED HAY Rm Am) TEDDER.

Specification of I etters Patent.

Application filedNovember 27, 1908. Serial No. 464=,720.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN MELviN'JoNEs, of the city of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Combined Hay Rakes and Te ders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to side delivery hay rakes of'the'type in which aplurality of bars each provided'with a series of teeth are revolved about an axis in sucha manner that the teeth are carried around the axis without The'teeth in order to adapt them forthei double purpose to which they are to be put will preferably be made straight and hung ap roXimatel-y vertical.

} igure-l is a lanview of my combined hay rake and te der. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the parts, more particularly connected with my invention. ig. 3' is an end elevation of the frame carrying the rake bars, showing particularly the method of moving the axle on which the frame rotates. Fig. 4 is a detail of a modification of the device by means of which the angle of the teeth may be changed when desired. 1

In the 'dr 'wings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figuresa The device in its main features does not differ from side delivery. rakes now in use. A frame 1 carries the axle 2, which is suitably carried thereon and has the ground wheels 3 'journaled thereon. The frame is rearwardly extended and carries the trailing wheels .4. The rake carrying frame-5 is carried by a shaft 6 which is journaled on the diagonal part 7 of the frame of the device. The shaft 1s j ournaled-in the rear end of the frame and at the. front end of the frame is journaled m a sleeve 8 slidable transversely on the frame as hereinafter described. This sleeve is guided and steadied by a projection 28 which slides under a hook 29 formed on of the device. A sleeve 30 is'driven by the the framel ground wheel 3 and hasthe bevel gear wheel 9 secured thereto and also the internal bevel gear wheel 10. A bevel pinion 11 issecured to the end of the shaft 6. 'It is evident that by moving the shaft Qthis bevel pinion may be brought into meshwith either the bevel gear 9 or internal bevelgear and that the shaft may thus be drivenin either direction.

The ends 12 of the rake carrying fraines carry a series of teeth 14. AS tlle rakecarry ing frame rotates with the shaft these rake bars willbe revolved around the latter as an axis, carrying the teeth with them. Means are usually provided for maintaining the teeth 'at a constant angle to the horizontal.

tionary at the end of the axle which meshes front end 12 of the rake-carrying frame meshing with gear wheels 18 ontheends of the rake bars 13. This gearing will accomplish the desired purpose.

The shaft 6 is moved pinion 11 into or out of gear with the gears '9 and 10 by the following mechanism. The sleeve has an arm 16 formed thereon pivoted at 19 on the frame. An arm 20 extends up from the sleevejand has secured thereto a-rod 21 slidable through abracket 22 on the frame between the rock arm 20 and the bracket 22 and tends to move the rock arm 20 to move the bevel pinion 11 out of mesh with the bevel gear 9.

For-the purpose journal a bent crank lever 24 on a suitable support on the frame of the machineand 'to the crank 25 thereof I pivotally connect one end of a connecting rod 26, the other end of whichis pivotally connected with the end of the rod 21. This hand lever is provided with the'usual retaining device adapted to. engage a notched quadrant 27. By shifting this lever the bevel inion 11 may be held in mesh with either the bevel gear 9, the internal bevel gear 10' or with neither. When the bevel pinion 11 is in mesh with the bevel gear 9 the motion of the rakes is in the direction indicated by an arrow in Fig. '3,'a nd the device then acts as aside delivery rake. When, however, the bevel pinion 11 is in mesh with the: internal bevel gear 10', the direction\oi\ of the machine. A coil spring 23 is placed racemes July 20, 1909.

are. suitably sha" ed ,to carry the bars 13 which are 'journa ed therein and which each Forthis purpose agear wheel 15 is held stawith the gear wheels 17 journaled on the to move the bevel,

of moving the rod 21 I I 'tion'.

the movement ,is'freversed" and thedevice form's anleffejetive ha tedder totoss; up and loosen acre of hay ying'onjthe ground; 1

In Fig. 4a show the gear. wheel as provided with ahandjlever 32 to which it is con ,iiected. iT-h i'sjhand' lever is rovided with a =no t c'he i cquadrant 31forme on the'sleeve ,8 ying th' axle. 1 By rotatably adjusting, thegg'ear 1'5 "evident that any desired an-', .gle "may en to the. teeth-14' to best adapt them: a the work the machine is performinlgfeitherrak-in ortedding. v e-I-donsider t edetails of the gearing shown as best adapted for my purpose, I do xnot;desire to limit myself to the exact con 'struetions shown, as these. might be varied widely without departing from the spirit of 1' my invention.

v Wh'atIclaim as invention is:

. In a combined hayi'ake and tedder the eiomb inationfof a rotary frame; "rake bars carried by said frame; teeth carried by said rake bars; and means for rotating the frame in either direction' 2. In a combined ialIe-and tedder the combination of a rotary frame; rakebars carried by" said. frame; teeth carried by said rake bars; means for maintaining the teeth at a constant angle to 'thehorizont-al;and means for rotating'the frame in-either direc} '3; In a combined hay'rake and tedder-the combination'of a rotary frame; teeth carried by said frame; a shaft; a frame on which said shaft is transversely movable; an axle" I carried OII'Slltl latter frame; ground wheels supportmg said axle; a 'bevel gear wheel Jdr'iven from a ground- Wheel an internal 'bevel gear wheel also driven from aground wheel;'a bevel pinion fast on the end of the I shaft'yand means for moving the shaft to place the bevel 'pinion in mesh with either 1 of the first mentioned bevelgears. I

4 In a combinedhay rake and tedder the combination of a rotaryframe; teeth carried by said-frame; ashfaft adapted to rotate said frame; a frame on whichs'aid shaft is transversely movable; an axle carried on said latter frame; ground wheels supporting said vaxle; .a beve l gear wheel driven .from a ground wheel; an internal-bevel 'ge'ar Wheel also drivenfrom a 'grgund'whbel; abev'el pinion fast on the'end of' the shaft and- {means for moving the shaftto bevel pinion in mesh with'feithero the :first lace the mentioned bevel gears or neither. 5.- In a combined hay rake and tedder the gear wheel.

combination of. arotary frame; teeth carried by said frame;-a shaft adapted to rotatesaid frame a frame on which said shaftis transe versely movable; an axle carried ,on said latter frame; ground Wheels supporting said axle a bevel" gear wheel driven from ground'wheel; 'anrinternal bevel gear wheel of greater diameter also driven from' a ground wheel; a bevel pinion fast on the end ofthe shaft; and means for moving the shaft of the first mentioned bevel gears.

c6. Inacombined hay rake and tedder the,

teeth at a constant angle to the orizontal, a shaft adapted 'to. rotate said frame, a

' frame on which said shaft is transversely to place the' bevel pinion inmesh witheitherp combination of a rotary frame, teeth carried .by said frame, 'inean's for maint ining the movable; an axle carried by said latter frame; ground Wheels supporting said axle;

:a bevel gear wheel driven-from a ground Wheel; aninternal bevel ear wheel also driven fro'm'a ground whee a bevel pinion fast on the end of-theshaft'; and means for moving the shaft to place the bevel ,pinion in mesh with. either of the first mentioned bevel-gears. Q

7[ 'In a combined hay rake and tedder the combination of a rotary frame; teeth carried by said frame; 'ashaft a frame'on which said .shaft'is transversely movable; an axle carried on said frame; ground wheels supportmg said axle; a bevel gear'wheel driven from a .ground Wheel; an internalbevel gear wheel also driven from a groundlwh'eel; a bevel pin- Y ion fast on the end ofthe shaft; means for-- moving the shaft to place the bevel pinion in mesh' with either of the first vmentionedv bevel gears, and means for simultaneously varying the angle 'ofthe t'eeth.

8. In a-combined hay rake and tedder the combination. of ,a rotary frame; a rake bar j ournaled. therein; teeth carried 'by' said rake'bar; a'gear wheel securedto the rake "bar; a normally stationary'gear wheel-journaled in axial alineme'nt with the axis of the rotary frame; an intermediate 'gear meshing with the aforesaid gear wheels; and-"means for rot-arily adjusting the normally stationary 

